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Date:         Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:44:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Wiring Question
Comments: To: mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <48A6E276.6010902@cox.net>
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If Mark's right about that, then ignore my knowledgeable-sounding post where I claim that the lug is the reefer's ground. Nothing to see here, keep moving, keep moving. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott

On 8/16/2008 7:21 AM mdrillock wrote:

> I think it is for the negative lead to the optional flame meter found in > early years. The old flame meter uses the nearby spade on the top end of > the thermocouple as it's positive lead. This positive lead is later used > for the flame LED though many times here people have wrongly referred to > it as a ground. Frank Condelli's Dometic writeup perpetrates this error. > It is not a ground at all, but a positive voltage source for the LED > flame indicator. > > Mark > > > Mike Elliott wrote: >> My guess is that connector provides a handy place to connect a battery >> or power supply's negative return terminal to when testing the reefer >> outside the van. When the reefer is installed the mounting bolts provide >> the path for the current return to the chassis. >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Utility Trailer: Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano >> KG6RCR >> >> On 8/16/2008 3:47 AM Frank Condelli wrote: >> >>> In a message dated 15/08/2008 6:24:31 P.M. Central Standard Time, >>> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: >>> >>> There was no connection to that spade connector. >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>>>> Well, I'm done with checking out the fridge, runs on propane, >>>>>>>>> ac, and >>> 12v, did the modification to the air pump, cleaned up the rust that was >>> behind the fridge and coated it with POR 15 and replaced the old >>> insulation. So >>> now it's time to reinstall it. However, on the back of the >>> thermostat is a >>> spade lug that looks like it would connect to a ground-I don't >>> remember pulling >>> anything off that lug, and I don't see anything that would connect >>> to it. It >>> is evenly discolored all over, I'm thinking if there were a female >>> connector >>> on it it would be lightly scratched-am I correct that nothing >>> connects to it? >>> <<<<<<<<<< >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Frank Condelli >>> Almonte, Ontario, Canada >>> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ >>> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) >>> _Frank Condelli & Associates_ >>> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) >>> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley >>> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ >>> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm) >>> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper >>> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2008 >>> >> >> > > >


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